Baker Palmer

Yesterday, I spent the entire day baking 60 loaves of bread for some fundraising activities at work.

Spencer and myself showed up at John’s place at 8:00 sharp to begin the day with no expectations other than John telling us we will work like dogs.

John used to own his bakery and now has his own stone stove in his backyard. We spent the morning learning how to mix the ingredients of bread, the science of it all…kneading the bread, letting it rise, cutting, weighing and then finally placing it into this giant brick oven (aka the haven of heat).

This was a great learning opportunity for me as I had no idea how much work was put into actually baking something. I am a simple man with simple needs. No way would I ever have to make 60 loaves of bread for myself.

We had a great day and even though my feet were sore after standing for 7 hours (felt like I was back at Wal-Mart!), I was impressed with our work accomplished and thought that this may be the greatest thing I’ve done all year.

I encourage everyone to take a workshop in baking bread. It’s interesting and you’ll never go buy another loaf of that sliced stuff in the stores. Bah!